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Jul 22, 2014 - 6:34 PM
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Morricone
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...plus John Williams (THE COWBOYS) and Jerome Moross (THE BIG COUNTRY)!
Two things:
1) I have to admit I have tended to downplay this HOW THE WEST WAS WON most of my life. Alfred Newman's music to this film made me a score lover for life. But over the years I have seen practically every major score become beloved because IT introduced someone to film music. That emotional connection I figured didn't make me objective. And indeed during the years following it's release I found HOW THE WEST WAS WON on few best score lists. Of course one thing that should have been factored in immediately is the medium HOW THE WEST WAS WON was shot in, Cinerama, became antiquated very soon and all the other ways to see it (regular theaters, TV, video) always made it look just plain odd.
Despite all that this score has remained and gained a slow but steady following. Especially among the music makers themselves. In the last week I saw a film 1M1: HOLLYWOOD HORNS OF THE GOLDEN AGE where it is referenced as a key influence on many a horn player AND at the California Philharmonic concert "Cowboys and Copland" conductor Victor Vener introduced it as THE influence on him as a kid. Somehow I think this score has, as George Stevens Jr. says, stood the test of time. I will no longer relegate it to my "personal favorite list", but place it among the very best scores ever written.
2) Conductor Victor Vener mentioned what a special place LA is for film music. It is also a place where wonderful players go to retire and hence the California Philharmonic had an embarrassment of riches. Also quite a history. He then introduced a flautist who was with the Boston Pops when Williams premiered his COWBOYS suite, and a violinist whose mother sang the solo in the HOW THE WEST WAS WON Entr'acte. The performances that afternoon backed up what he said.
His upcoming concerts, within the next month, includes a STAR TEK suite, a James Horner suite and a suite from Ennio Morricone's THE MISSION.
http://www.calphil.com/home
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Jul 22, 2014 - 6:59 PM
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Sirusjr
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HAHA the upcoming movie masterpieces concert has Frozen and Game of Thrones. Not a very accurate title. They always seem to throw in some popular but not very well composed music in these things, which is what keeps me away.
True, but you forgot to mention the hilarious Corigliano RED VIOLIN, STAR TREK dreck by Goldsmith, Courage, etc., the awful David Arnold INDEPENDENCE DAY and the always to be derided James Horner batch (BRAVEHEART, APOLLO 13, TITANIC).
Right, but why not fill it out with some other actual masterpieces? It could have been a fantastic program. Of course they have to mix in some Frozen because it makes so much money on soundtrack sales.
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